Nonopioid pain prescriptions increased after 2016 CDC guidance

Following the release of opioid prescription guidance from the CDC in 2016, nonopioid pain prescriptions increased every year through 2019, researchers wrote in JAMA Network Open.
Jason E. Goldstick, PhD, director of statistics and methods at the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center, and colleagues evaluated the changes in nonopioid pain medication prescribing, after the 2016 CDC guidance release, to assess the heterogeneity in changes as a function of patient demographic and clinical characteristics.
The 2016 CDC guidance provided evidence-based recommendation for opioid prescribing

Following the release of opioid prescription guidance from the CDC in 2016, nonopioid pain prescriptions increased every year through 2019, researchers wrote in JAMA Network Open.
Jason E. Goldstick, PhD, director of statistics and methods at the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center, and colleagues evaluated the changes in nonopioid pain medication prescribing, after the 2016 CDC guidance release, to assess the heterogeneity in changes as a function of patient demographic and clinical characteristics.
The 2016 CDC guidance provided evidence-based recommendation for opioid prescribing